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pre-emptor (iou) and Thirty Tyrants (sh)


pre-emptor (iou)



pre-emptor noun. M19.
[formed as PRE-EMPTION + -OR.]
N. Amer. History. A person who acquires land by pre-emption. M19.
Bridge. A person who makes a pre-emptive bid. L20.

Thirty Tyrants (sh)




(404-403 BC) Spartan-imposed oligarchy that ruled Athens after the Peloponnesian War.

Thirty commissioners were appointed to the oligarchy, which had an extremist conservative core, led by Critias. Their oppressive regime fostered a bloody purge, in which perhaps 1,500 residents were killed. Many moderates fled the city; gathering a force, they returned to defeat the tyrants' forces in a battle at Piraeus in 403. The 30 fled and were killed off over the next few years.